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UNITED- STATES 1,659,688 PATENT OFFICE- JAMEEJ. HINDE, OF SANDUSKY, OHIO.

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Application filed m 10, 1926. Serial ll'o. 188,080.

The invention has reference-t an improved process or method of manufacturm an unbroken continuouscolumn of materia which will he possessed of such density as to .give it a degree ofstrength comparable to or eater than that of natural wood.

fie material employed is of a fibrous nature and consists of Waste wood or other fibrous waste material, made into a pulp like solution with water or other liquid. This pulp may if necessary have embodied 1n this solution a viscous or cementitious substance the wood or other fibrous material, then so tening the same by boiling in water to assist in refining the mass, thus separating the fibres, in any suitable refining engine as-commo'nly made use ofin pulp makmg.

The pulp thus produced is then forced through dies of any. suitable design as shapes required in the mechanical arts.

In this manner continuous columns are produced of any desired diameteror shape that when dried can be used as the are produced, or ma be finished, or sawe into any desired-portlon adapted for specific uses "that natural wood lumber is now used for.

' A pair of rolls, or a train of rolls either vertical or horizontal or in combination may also be employed to further compress the material if desired. In the accompanying drawing Fig. 1 is' a diagrammatic viewin section of an apparatus for manufacturmgthe artificial timber and Fig. 2 is a perspec-' tive of a part of a piece of timber. In these views-A is a cylinder, having an inlet B throu h which the ulp is passed by" means of a ollow propel er screw (1- The reinforcing wires F are passed through the propeller shaft and the pulp is pressed first through the die E and the column J thus artificial timber, consisti waste fibrous material and This waste will include old boxes, barrels, crates, old furniture, wood waste from old buildings etc. that otherwise would make a serious fire hazard unless destroyed.

Having described the invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. As an article of manufacture, a reinforced column of artificial timber, composed of fibrous material and a reinforcement therefor composed 'of longitudinal metal strands equally spaced therein obtained from vegetable fibre or forest growth for use in the mechanical arts.

2. As an article of manufacture, a reinforced column of indefinite length of artifi' cial timber said reinforced column being composed of waste fibrous material and a metal reinforcement composed of spaced longitudinal metal strands, and a unif g body of cementitious matter 'compresse together, said column being adapted to be converted into shapes for mechanical uses.

3. The hereinbefore described method of continuously producing a reinforced column'of artificial timber consist-in in shredding waste wood material, sub ecting the same to boiling to soften and refine the same, introducing a reinforcing member therein composed of longitudinal metal strands, and

continuously forcing the pulp thus formed through suitable dies to shape the mass into columnar shape. 4. The hereinbefore described method of producing an endless reinforced column of in shredding fling the same to refine it, adding eementitious matter thereto and continuously forcing the pulp thus produced. through suitable dies simultaneously with metallic reinforcing elements to form the pulp in columnar shape simultaneously with the introduction of spaced longitudinal metal strands through the same.

5. The hereinbe'fore described method of continuously producing a column of artificial timber consisting in shredding waste wood material, sub'e'cting the same to boiling to soften and re e the same, and continuously forcing the pulp thus formed through suitabledies to shape the mass into columnar shape simultaneousl with the introduction of 'an evenly distributed continuous rein forcement, and compressing the columnar 110 into columnar form.

- 7. A process for manufacturing an endless column of artificial timber from waste fiber,

consisting .in reducing the fiber to a moist pulp, forcing the same under pressure accompanied With a continuous reinforcement composed of spaced longitudinal strands through a forming die, to shape the same into columnar form, and further compressing the same between rollers.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my JAMES J HINDE.

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